BABAJIDE COLE

Biography

Babajide Cole (b. 1998) graduates from Yaba College of Technology in 2025. He grew up in Yaba, where his father ran a computer repair shop. He started making digital art at 14.

His work uses generative algorithms and AR to reinterpret Yoruba iconography. He runs his rendering equipment on solar power.

Artist Statement

"I grew up fixing old computers with my dad. Now I use them to make art about where we come from."

The 'Digital Orisha' series puts Yoruba deities into augmented reality. You can walk around them, see them from different angles. I wanted to make something my grandmother could interact with, even if she's never used a computer.